Katheti: 2 definitions

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Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

katheti : (kath + e) says; speaks; relates.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Katheti, (v. den. fr. kathā, cp. Sk. kathayate) aor. kathesi, inf. kathetuṃ & kathetave (Vin. I, 359); Pass. kathīyati & katheti (Miln. 22, cp. Trenckner, Notes 122); ppr. Pass. kathīyamāna & kacchamāna (A. III, 181); grd. kathetabba, kathanīya & kaccha, — 1. to speak, say, tell, relate (in detail: vitthārato PvA. 77). mā kathesi (=mā bhaṇi) do not speak PvA. 16.—to tell (a story): J. I. 2; IV, 137; PvA. 12, 13.—2. to converse with J. VI, 413; PvA. 86 (=āmantayi).—3. to report, to inform J. V, 460.—4. to recite DhA. I, 166.—5. to expound, explain, preach J. I, 30; Miln. 131; DhA. I, 88; Nd2 s. v.—6. to speak about (with Acc.) Vin. II, 168.—7. to refer to J. I, 307.—8. to answer or solve (a question) J. I, 165; V, 66.—Caus II. kathāpeti to make say Mhvs 24, 4 (aor. kathāpayi); DhA. II, 35; KhA 118. (Page 184)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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